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Northern lights over a lake
This prompt describes a wide, still shot of green and purple aurora across a starry sky above a frozen lake in a place such as Norway, with a small wooden cabin with a warm glow.
Wide, still shot of green and purple northern lights rippling across a starry sky above a frozen lake in [PLACE, e.g. Norway], a small wooden cabin with a warm glowing window on the shore, snow-covered pine trees, gentle camera push forward, reflections in the ice, quiet wind sound, serene mood.
Keep camera movement minimal. Slow shots look more realistic.
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A still, wide shot of green and purple aurora rippling over a frozen lake in your chosen place, with a small cabin glowing on the shore, snowy pines, reflections in the ice and a slow push forward.
Aurora clips work when they feel peaceful, so the prompt asks for a wide, nearly still shot, a frozen lake that doubles the light in reflection and a small cabin whose warm window contrasts with the cold green sky. Green and purple are the colours cameras pick up most strongly. Keeping movement to a gentle push, as the tip says, makes it look like real footage from a tripod rather than a computer animation, and quiet wind sound adds to the stillness.
The aurora flickers fast like a light show.
Fix: Ask for slow rippling curtains of light. Real aurora moves gently.
- The camera moves too much. As the tip says, keep movement minimal. A slow push is enough.
- The reflections are missing. Ask for the aurora reflected softly in the smooth ice.
Ask for a time-lapse with stars turning slowly and the aurora brightening, from a locked-off camera.
slow rippling curtains of light, a very slow push forward, the aurora reflected softly in smooth ice
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